The Greek Islands Aegina

We caught the metro to the port and boarded one of the many ferries travelling to the Argo-Saronic Islands. Angina is the closest island to the mainland and took one hour and twenty minutes to reach on a very nice ferry about half the size of the inter-islander.The weather was quite cool being winter,so could only imagine what it would be like in summer,the water was clear , and the island is famous for pistachio nuts which are for sale everywhere.The Cyclades are what everyone thinks of as quintessentially Greek White villages and blue-domed churches,these islands are further  out to sea.We still enjoyed our island excursion.

Athens Part 1

With the adventure nearing an end we started our return home with four days sightseeing in this ancient city. We are in walking distance to the Acropolis and for me more exciting to Mars Hill where the Apostle Paul preached in Acts 17 . The photo shows the huge solid rock which in Greek is called Areopagus.

Mars Hill!

Outside our hotel!

The Golan Heights

We joined  with some locals from Lavon and had a lovely walk through some abandoned Syrian houses when the land was returned to Israel in the 1967 war, interestingly enough when the Syrians were there they still called the area Yehudiya. The walk took us down a steep gorge were we had lunch and in the afternoon we returned and visited Amitai and Anat and family. We had a great day exploring the 'Golan Heights' and catching up with old friends.

Yehudiya waterfall!